Goody Rickby has a child out of wedlock, but it dies when the father, Gillead Wingate, refuses to acknowledge the child or help the mother get medical aid. Wingate becomes one of the foremost figures in the witch hunts, and Goody plots her revenge with Dr. Nicholas, who is really the Devil.

• Film Guild
• Glenn Hunter
• Mary Astor
• Osgood Perkins
• Maude Hill
• Frank Tweed
• Dwight Wiman
• Thomas Chalmers